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    "content": "Minister for the good report he has given. I am also a Member of the Transport Committee. We have, in the last few years talked about the infrastructure and facilities that should be developed in this country. That has been a good gesture from the Government. As the seconder said, some of these things are happening when we have Mr. Mwakwere as the Minister for Transport. I believe that with proper infrastructure, we will encourage our people to support the industry. Recently, if you remember, we passed the Maritime Bill which will spur growth within the coastal region. However, something of concern is that as we try to improve the infrastructure, there is one area that has been forgotten; staffing. If you take the example of the air transport industry, we have continued to develop airports and we have even bought new planes. However, as a country, we have not even tried to invest heavily in a training school. That is why we end up with many expatriates coming into this country. As we develop all those facilities, we have forgotten our staff and especially on the area of remuneration. For the information of this House, we have information that there is a strike that is impending and which is being organized by the members of Kenya Airways Cabin Crew because of poor remuneration. This is because all the funds we have been generating in this country are used to pay foreigners who come to work in this area. On the issue of air transport, the traffic air controllers who have been manning our air spaces have been forgotten. I think because the Minister is here, he will capture that. These are people who have been forgotten for a long time and their salaries have stagnated to an extent that the development in that career has almost come to a standstill. That is why the department is almost constantly looking for expatriates from other countries or from other departments. The issue of rail is of great importance to this country. However, it seems as if we have been talking about this sector for a long time. As recently as last year, we were talking about the line from Lamu that goes through the north eastern region connecting Kenya with Sudan and the other areas. We noted with great concern that there is Kshs3. 8 billion which is still being held by the Treasury Department which I think should be transferred to the Ministry of Transport so that they can start working immediately to start off that line."
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